Letter to the Editor From Nelson et al: "Understanding the Link Between Obesity and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Causal Mediation by Systemic Inflammatory Response"

Kaitlin Nelson^{1

2}, Jerilynn C Prior^{1

2

3

4}, Dharani Kalidasan¹, Cara Tanenbaum^{5

6}, Sonia Shirin^{1

2}, Claudie Berger⁷, Azita Goshtasebi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (Endocrinology/UBC), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9, Canada.
² BC Women's Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3N1, Canada.
³ Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9, Canada.
⁴ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
⁵ Institute of Gender and Health of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3W 1W5, Canada.
⁶ Medicine and Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada.
⁷ Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec H3H 2R9, Canada.

Editorial

Kaitlin Nelson et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 17;108(1):e11-e12.

doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac619.

Kaitlin Nelson^{1

2}, Jerilynn C Prior^{1

2

3

4}, Dharani Kalidasan¹, Cara Tanenbaum^{5

6}, Sonia Shirin^{1

2}, Claudie Berger⁷, Azita Goshtasebi^{1

2}

¹ Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (Endocrinology/UBC), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9, Canada.
² BC Women's Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3N1, Canada.
³ Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9, Canada.
⁴ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
⁵ Institute of Gender and Health of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3W 1W5, Canada.
⁶ Medicine and Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada.
⁷ Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec H3H 2R9, Canada.

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Comment in

Response to Letter to the Editor From Nelson et al: "Understanding the Link Between Obesity and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Causal Mediation by Systemic Inflammatory Response".
Foulkes AS, Selvaggi C, Shinnick D, Lumish H, Cao T, Thaweethai T, Qian J, Meigs JB, Triant VA, Bassett IV, Reilly MP. Foulkes AS, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Dec 17;108(1):e13. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac620. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022. PMID: 36300318 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Understanding the Link Between Obesity and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Causal Mediation by Systemic Inflammatory Response.
Foulkes AS, Selvaggi C, Shinnick D, Lumish H, Kim E, Cao T, Thaweethai T, Qian J, Lu F, Yan J, Cheng D, He W, Clerkin KJ, Madhavan MV, Meigs JB, Triant VA, Lubitz SA, Gupta A, Bassett IV, Reilly MP. Foulkes AS, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jan 18;107(2):e698-e707. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab629. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022. PMID: 34473294 Free PMC article.

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